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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    Not a rant, but kind of random so I don't want to start a thread. I've been talking with some friends who have been living in Eastern Europe lately and Montenegro is a recurring theme for property investment over there. I've done some reading and it seems there's a good amount of wealthy...
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    What if you already know enough?

    NOTABLE! 
    I've been trying really hard to just execute lately. It's amazing how little I have been executing and how much time I've been wasting. Research is one of my guilty pleasures. It feels productive but it's just mental masturbation.
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    SEO Reality Check - Lessons from building 17 websites, and almost 50 PBN sites in the last 5 years

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    I guess the same can be said for everything. Facebook ads, email marketing, billboard ads...Say you've established that doing a letterbox drop is the right marketing strategy for your business since SEO is too expensive. But you want to do it really well. You pay a professional copywriter. A...
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    What will you accomplish in 2019?

    EXECUTION 
    I have no goals in 2019. Goals are things that you try to achieve. I'm done with trying. I have made the decision to building some income generating assets that over the course of this year will generate $100,000. Sounds small, but they'll do more in 2020 with barely any time commitment and...
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    You're from where??

    HOT! INTRO 
    Been living in Andorra for a while now and loving it. Mountain views, car culture, maximum 10% tax (and no double tax if you have a company there), crazy safe, skiing and mountain biking, wicked fast internet and 2.5 hours drive from Barcelona - sexiest city in Europe.
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    Have Smartphones Destroyed Humanity?

    HOT! 
    97% of the time I want nothing to do with smartphones and social media. But when I'm travelling my phone is damn handy and when meeting people at a conference or wanting to get some eyes on a new website/project, social media is really handy. I'm tempted to delete all social media and see what...
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    Don't let money be your excuse! (How I turned $400 into $18K fast)

    GOLD! 
    1. small, lightweight (cheap/easy to ship) 2. niche, easy to target with long tail keywords on Amazon 3. in demand 4. low value (too low of a value IMO - $15-20 per sale - but easy to sell as it wasn't a huge commitment) 5. something I knew about, so I could write the copy
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    Do You Work Your a$$ Off So Your Kids Don't Have To Struggle???

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    For me it's about having the freedom to educate my future family and give them great experiences. "Have the time to teach your kids to fish", if you will. I don't want them to struggle as such, but I want them to know they have to make their own way in life. Money or no money, they need to...
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    Sharing my lifetime experience in export/import. Product sourcing specialist.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Thank you Walter. I wanted to be sure I wasn't being unreasonable first.
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    Money System - What Are You Investing That's Getting 5% Return?

    HOT! INVESTING 
    You haven't read the book, right? These are fine ways to make money, but this thread is all about a money system that generates 5% income each year. Yield vs a capital gain.
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    Sharing my lifetime experience in export/import. Product sourcing specialist.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    @Walter Hay when paying via wire/telegraphic transfer to a supplier, who pays the fees? In all business I have done in the past, I cover my bank's fees, any intermediary bank's fees, leaving the supplier to cover their bank's fees. This seems to be fair to me, as I can't control what their bank...
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    Freedom: What needs to be heard/said?

    I have those moments of realisation from time to time - this morning at 9:30am I caught the lift downstairs to my car and realised all of the other cars were out of the parking area - they were all at work. I said to my wife, "damn we have it good!" Then speaking to my mother on the...
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    Freedom: What needs to be heard/said?

    While many may aspire to freedom, few can actually handle it (think about it, how many can control the freedom to drink, over eat, smoke, take drugs, spend cash on crap, etc). They self sabotage. It takes a strong will to live a life of true choice. Most prefer to live a life without freedom...
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    Sold my $30,000 p/mth website for $650k - My "near wealth experience" taught me this--> [MP3]

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    So nowadays with the car sold, what makes you happy? Is it that feeling of "wealthiness"? I am not in your position yet but one side effect of my "wealth" has been freedom. I see friends taking jobs they hate because they need it. Others living in share houses because they can't afford their...
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    Sold my $30,000 p/mth website for $650k - My "near wealth experience" taught me this--> [MP3]

    NOTABLE! MINDSET 
    I haven't read the book but will be making a point of it Bill. The most unbelievable part of this story is that you didn't get defected driving around South Australia! (I'm ex-Adelaide). Last year my cost of living was a little under 16% of take home pay. The rest was pumped back into my own...
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    Money System - What Are You Investing That's Getting 5% Return?

    HOT! INVESTING 
    It's a fair view - after your "asset accumulation phase" you want to focus on asset protection and spin off some income from it. I think most people hold that view, it just looks different depending on the individual. Some like bank interest/CD's, others REITS, others money market funds, bonds...
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    Money System - What Are You Investing That's Getting 5% Return?

    HOT! INVESTING 
    Thanks for the reply - I thought you were banking abroad to get that 5% yield, that's why I was asking about currency. I no longer live in Australia and tax is low here, so I'm building a "dividend growth" portfolio with the goal of covering my cost of living. I figure it's good to learn this...
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    Money System - What Are You Investing That's Getting 5% Return?

    HOT! INVESTING 
    @V8Bill if you can't get 5% in a safe bank in Australia, what countries are you choosing to use? Have you priced in the currency risk? (I'm also an Australian, interested in what you've found).
  19. illmasterj

    Grant Cardone "Buying a House is for Suckers"

    EXECUTION 
    One day, when I buy a primary residence it will probably be subsidized by a tenant. A family home with a 1-2 bed semi-detached suite next door - after the property is paid off, why not have the tenants pay your bills?
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    What are the Preferred B2B Payment Methods?

    What region is this in @OldFaithful ? I think you'll find that will make a difference. North America, checks & credit card (points). Asia/Pacific, wire transfers (T/T) & credit card (points). Europe, SEPA transfers. But then you also have other methods depending on trust... escrow, PayPal, etc.

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